Almost three years ago Art Briles' college football coaching career abruptly halted amidst great controversy. Now it looks as if the once-maligned head coach might be trying to get a fresh start in Hattiesburg.

According to a report from SunHerald, the former Baylor head football coach is at on the University of Southern Mississippi's campus to interview for the team's vacant offensive coordinator position.

The position opened in January after Shannon Dawson accepted the offensive assistant coach position for the University of Houston football team.

Baylor fired Briles in May 2016 after a third-party law firm's investigation into misconduct in the athletic department found that football coaches failed to report complaints against players.

Baylor football players were accused of at least 52 known acts of rape in five years by at least 31 different players during Briles' tenure as head coach, according to a lawsuit.

Former Baylor coach Art Briles.(Photo11: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

An NCAA investigation into the matter is ongoing.

The school has settled five Title IX lawsuits over assault allegations from former students.

Briles was hired in August of 2017 in the Canadian Football League as an assistant coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but the team let him go 12 hours later amidst criticism for the move. He also recently was the head coach of the Estra Guelfi Firenze team in the Italian Federation of American Football.

He coached the Bears to a record of 65-37, including two Big 12 titles.